suggestion - Gathering skill, nodes and location markers.

Is there any chance we can have the location of the node marked on the map as shown below, this is quite common in most MMO's and would make gathering a more enjoyable thing to do IMO.

I'm not asking for all nodes everywhere to show, just ones that you search for using the skills provided.

The marker would only show up when you are within range of the node you are searching for.

http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/5131/skillde.jpg

http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/9589/messageve.jpg

http://img717.imageshack.us/img717/4652/locationl.jpg

I wouldn't even mind if it was a higher level thing.

It would be a natural progression as a miner that

1) You have no knowledge of where the nodes are
2) You gain the ability to 'sense' where they are and how far
3) You now have mastered a certain grade and they appear on your minimap

Having to use the dumb abilities at level 50 is a bit pointless.

Once you gather enough, you'll know where they are without searching for them. The dots won't be on the map, but they'll be in your head.

Of course, SE could decide to put a dot on the map there for you greenhorn gatherers. That would be nice. But I personally don't need them.

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Originally Posted by HiirNoivl

Once you gather enough, you'll know where they are without searching for them. The dots won't be on the map, but they'll be in your head.

Of course, SE could decide to put a dot on the map there for you greenhorn gatherers. That would be nice. But I personally don't need them.

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Sure in Coerthas or Treespeak maybe but Halatali is a nightmare. No amount of memorization can account for points being near each other either over or under ground or on a high level or lower one in a cave.

It just takes some getting used to. All the nodes pop in the same place in order. It just takes time.

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Originally Posted by HiirNoivl

Once you gather enough, you'll know where they are without searching for them. The dots won't be on the map, but they'll be in your head.

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I don't think this is true, I have gathered a fair bit but can't remember where every node is.

Halatali for example nodes appear outside and inside mountains its too much to remember, plus when you are moving between different zones you tend to forget the last zone.

I'm not talking about exacts...

For example, if the directions are pointing me a certain distance towards a certain area, (For example, the area of that node in the upper floor of the cave in the far North eastern section in the Halitali zone) I'm pretty certain where to find it without looking around.

What annoys me the most about Halatali is the nodes surrounded by ants. I hate that they make you WALK in stealth mode and put ants everywhere around the node out to a 100 yalm radius. That's so dumb and just as annoying and time consuming as having to sneak past the ants without stealth mode. It's just faster to use my choco to kite the ants away from where I want to be.

But I have no problem finding the nodes themselves.

Edit: This also applies to the assassins in the cave. It takes me about 30 secs sometimes to walk from the cave entrance to the upper floor or all the way to the other side of the cave. Shoot me in the head please. That's a stupid amount of time for any decent gathering and I"ll avoid those nodes like the plague.

Community dev, any chance you forgot to look at my post ? LOL